SOLUTION: the large leg of a right triangle is 7 cm longer than its smaller leg. the hypotenuse is 8cm longer than the smaller leg. how many centimeters lon is the smaller leg. how many cent

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Question 1035978: the large leg of a right triangle is 7 cm longer than its smaller leg. the hypotenuse is 8cm longer than the smaller leg. how many centimeters lon is the smaller leg. how many centimeters long is the smaller leg
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the large leg of a right triangle is 7 cm longer than its smaller leg. the hypotenuse is 8cm longer than the smaller leg.
how many centimeters lon is the smaller leg. how many centimeters long is the smaller leg
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